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Letters Patent No. 75,212, dated .March 3, 1868.

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Be it known that I, BENJAMIN M. SMITH, of th'evcity, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Button-Holes for Collars, Cuffs, und other likeArticles of' Paper; and I do herebydeclare that the following-.is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a portion of this specication, in which- 'Figure 1 is aside view of a portion of a collar formed or furnished with-a button-hole made according to my invention. f

Figurezis a detached view of one portion of the invention.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding partspin both figures.

The object of thisinvention is to provide a'means, whereby the button-holes of cu's, and other like articles of paper, may be made muchstronger than when formed in the usual manner, without-materially impuiring that flexibility required therewith to permitr-their manipulation'in buttoniug Aor unbuttoning, as the case may be.

The invention consists in a metallic shield-piece, so applied to that portion' of the button-hole, which is the most exposed to strain or tension when in use, as to distribute such strain upon a greater extent of the sides 0f the button-hole, thus securing a'proportionallygreater resistance thereto than vrouldotherwise be thecase, a suicient portion of the buttonhole being left free to insure the' exibility required in manipula'tiugcrA adjusting the same. y i i l 'To enable others to understand the nature and construction of my invention, I will fproceed to describe it with reference to the drawings. i A

The' paper collar, of any-suitab1e form or construction, is indicatedat A, and'has its button-holes, one of Whichis shown at Al, situated in the ordinary or in any appropriate..positic n.v Fitted within, or at that part or side of the button-hole, at which the gresteststrain or tension Ais, exerted thereon, is'a. shield-piece, a, ivhich is 4made of sheet metal, and, taken transversely, correspondsinshape to that portion of the button-hole which it is designed -to strengthen or protect, and is furthermore folded in such manner thatsavspace, 'a,l is provided between its two flat sides, as shown-in fig. 2. When theshieldfpiece is fitted into its place, the part or side of the button-hole to be protected is inserted within the space a just mentioned, and the two at'sides of the shieldpiecebeing compressed toward each other, the said shield-piece is thus irmly attached to thecollar, and covering the portion o f the button-hole most exposed to the action of the button, receives not only thewearand abrasion exerted thereon by the said button when in use, but extending'. around a considerable. vportion ofthe button-hole, distributes the strain or tension of the-'button over a larger proportion of the fabric than would otherwise be the case, and thus eiliectualfyr prevents the hole from ,tearing out or being ruptured from'such strain, at lthe seme time that the llexibility requiredin manipulating the button-hole is permitted by the free condition of that' portion thereof/not covered or protected by the shield-piece. p

I do not confine myself to any particular shape either of' the buttonhole or shield,`but

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is I The metallic shieldpiece a, in combinatiouwith theibut'ton-hole A*of.a paper article oi' apparehsubstanf tislly ss and for the purpose specied. I I y BENJAMIN M. SMITH.

Witnesses:

HENRY T. BROWN, J. W. Coeurs. 

